Poland Adopts Migrant Bill: 20-Year Trafficking Penalty, Drops Aid Clause

Poland's Council of Ministers adopted a bill raising the penalty for organizing cross-border human trafficking to 20 years, while dropping a controversial provision that would have criminalized disinterested aid to migrants. The removal follows media scrutiny and signals a partial softening of the government's hardline stance, though the trafficking penalty increase remains a significant escalation.

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